Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)

This movie does a good job of picking up from Black Pearl and continuing the witty, romantic, comical story-line of Elizabeth, William, and Jack. With some incorporation of old characters and new characters, this movie lined up to be enjoyable as a sequel and just as good as the first if not better!In my opinion, The points I would take away from this movie would be for extra gore and possibly "frightening" scenes for kids, making this movie not for everyone, but excellent for the appropriate crowd.

I can't help but wonder what kinda franchise this might be if Verbinski stayed at the helm. Not that it would be great by any means…it's certainly still much too convoluted and dark, especially for a Disney film. However, he brought some interesting stuff to the whole affair. The action-adventure scenes here are largely big, giant fun (escaping from natives, sea battles), and the overall look for the world is great (sans the CG tentacles).

The sequel of the excellent "Pirates of the Caribbean" is for me missed. So yes, Johnny Deep is still very good, yes, the special effects are very good but that is not enough. Already, I must say, I don't like the fantastic. In the first opus, it didn't bother me but in this one I really didn't like and so Davy Jones is certainly very charismatic but I really didn't hang. Otherwise, it remains a sequel and I find that, even if one remains in the atmosphere of the first, there is disappointment. And if not, concern the end (which I would not spoil), personally, I'm not really hyped, even a little dubious. Well, it's not a bad movie but for me, it's not a good sequel. I hesitated between putting 7/10 or 6/10 but after seeing the third film of the saga, which I preferred but which is not worth more than 7 for me, I opted for a 6/10. Not a good sequel.

This movie is where Jack Sparrow starts becoming a caricature of his former self. In the first film he was funny, smart and also very skilled. In this film he starts becoming a bumbling and clumsy character who survives because he is lucky more than because of his skill. He comes off as intelligent at times in Dead Man's Chest, but that intelligence is often nullified because of over-the-top action that is so improbable that it makes Jack Sparrow seem unkillable.The introduction of Jack into the Elizabeth and Will romance to make this a love triangle is also extremely forced. The film starts off by showing the audience that Will and Elizabeth really are in love with each other and they are willing to do whatever they need to get each other back, but then the indication from the compass is that Elizabeth all of sudden really wants Jack Sparrow. This storyline is STUPID and FORCED!The movie is, however, highlighted by a cool representation of Davy Jones and a great 3rd act fight scene between Jack, Will and Norrington, but a few great action scenes and a great villain don't make a great movie. Jack Sparrow has become a funny, but at times unbearable character, The Will and Elizabeth dynamic has been watered down by a forced love triangle and the friendship between Jack and Will has been downgraded to hardly a friendship at all. In fact, why would Will even care about trying to save him after what he's done in this movie?4/10. If you want to watch a good Pirates movie, then stick to the first one.